Top Turkish diplomat meets Ethiopian, Belarusian counterparts

By Yasin Gungor

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday met with Taye Atske Selassie, his Ethiopian counterpart, and Sergei Aleinik, his Belarusian counterpart.

The meetings took place on the margins of a BRICS+ meeting in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Fidan arrived in Russia on Monday to hold bilateral meetings in Moscow and to attend the BRICS+ session on the margins of the BRICS foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday.

BRICS was originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, with Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates having joined this January.